Sol 6.1

  1. أَيُغنيك دَمعُ أنتَ في الرَّبع ساكبُهْ

    وقد رَحلَتْ غِزْلاَنهُ ورباربُهْ

    Will tears you shed at the campsite avail you,

    When its gazelles and its antelope herds have departed?

  2. تُهَوْنُ أَمرَ الحُبّ مُدّعياً لَهُ

    وما الحُب أهلٌ أن يُهوَّنَ جانبُهْ

    You belittle love's gravity while professing it,

    Yet love is not a thing whose dignity may be slighted.

  3. لِكُلِّ مُحبٍّ كأسُ هجرٍ وفُرقةٍ

    فإِن تُصْدقِ الدعوى فإنكَ شاربُهْ

    Every lover has a cup of abandonment and parting;

    So if your claim is true, you will drink it.

  4. عَجبتُ لِصَبّ يَسْتلذُّ معاشَه

    وقد ذهَبَتْ أحبابُه وحبائبُهْ

    I marvel at a lovesick man who finds pleasure in his life,

    Though his loved ones and sweethearts have gone.

  5. فلا حُبّ مَهْما لَمْ يبتْ وهْوَ في الْهوى

    قَريحُ المآقي ذاهلُ القَلْب ذاهبُهْ

    There is no love unless he spends the night in passion,

    With sore eye-corners, his heart bewildered and lost.

  6. ومُكْتَئبٍ يشكو الزّمانَ وقد غَدَتْ

    مشارقُه مَسْلوكةً ومغارِبُهْ

    And at a dejected man who blames the age, though

    Its eastern and western lands lie open to travel.

  7. ومُلْتزم الأوطان يشكُو مُجرّداً

    من الْعَزمِ سَيفاً لاَ تكلُّ مَضَارِبُهْ

    And at one clinging to home, complaining while drawing

    From resolve a sword whose striking edges never dull.

  8. وحَسْبُك أدراعٌ من الصَّبر إنّها

    لَتُحْمَدُ في جُلَّى الخُطوب عواقبُهْ

    Coats of mail made of patience suffice you; surely

    Its outcomes are praised amid the gravest calamities.

  9. فأيُّ لئيمٍ ما الزّمانُ مُسَالمٌ

    لَه وكريمٍ ما الزَّمَانُ مُحاربُهْ

    What base man is there with whom Time is not

    At peace, and what noble man against whom Time does not wage war?

  10. فلاَ كَانَ مِنْ دَهْرٍ بهِ قَد تَسوَّدت

    على الأسْدِ في آجامهنّ ثعالبُهْ

    May that age perish, in which ascendancy is gained

    By its foxes over lions in their own thickets.

  11. كفَى بالنبيّ المصطفَى وبآلِه

    فهَلْ بعدهم تَصفو لحُرِّ مشاربُهْ

    The chosen Prophet and his family suffice as examples;

    After them, can a freeborn man's drinking springs run clear?

  12. دَعا كلُّ باغٍ في الأَنامِ ومُعتدٍ

    إلى حَرْبهم والدَّهر جمٌّ عَجَائبُهْ

    Every oppressor and aggressor among mankind called

    For war against them; Time abounds in marvels.

  13. فم غادرٍ أبدَى السَّخائمُ واغتدت

    تنوشُهمُ أظْفارُه ومَخالِبُهْ

    A traitor's mouth laid bare rancor, and

    His nails and claws began assailing them.

  14. سيلقُون يوم الحشْر غِبٍّ فِعالِهم

    وكُلُّ امرءٍ يُجْزَى بما هُو كاسِيُهْ

    On the Day of Gathering they will meet the consequences of their deeds,

    And every man is recompensed for what he wears.

  15. أُهِينَ أبو السّبطين فيهم وفَاطِمٌ

    وأُهْمِلَ من حقِّ القرابة واجبُهْ

    The father of the two grandsons and Fatima were humiliated among them;

    And kinship's binding claims were neglected.

  16. تجاروا على ظلم الوصيّ ورُبّما

    تجارَى على الرَّحمن مَنْ لا يُراقبُهْ

    They dared to wrong the legatee; and sometimes

    One who does not heed the All-Merciful dares to defy Him.

  17. ولم يُرْجعوا ميراثَ بنتِ محمَّدٍ

    وقد يُرجعُ المغضوبَ مَنْ هُو غاصبُهْ

    They did not return the inheritance of Muhammad's daughter,

    Though even a usurper may restore [usurped property: probable reading].

  18. فما كَأنَ أَدْنَى ما أَذَوْها بأخذِ مَا

    أَبُوها لَها دُونَ البرّيةِ واهبُهْ

    No slight harm did they do her by taking what

    Her father had bestowed on her alone among all creation.

  19. أما لو دَرَى يوم الفَعيلَة مَا جَنى

    لَشابَتْ من الأمر الْفَظيع ذَوائبُهْ

    Had he known, on the day of that deed, what he had wrought,

    His forelocks would have turned gray from that dreadful affair.

  20. أغير عليٍّ كانَ بعْدَ محمَّدٍ

    لَهُ كاهِلُ المجدِ الأثيل وغاربُهْ

    After Muhammad, was there anyone but Ali

    Who possessed the shoulders and crest of deep-rooted glory?

  21. ومَن بعد طه كانَ أوْلى بإرثِه

    أَأَصحابُه قولوا لنا مسجد أقاربُهْ

    Who after Ta-Ha was more entitled to his inheritance?

    His companions—tell us—[or?] his kinsmen?

  22. وشتّان بَين البَيْعَتينِ لِمنْصِفِ

    إذا أُعْطيَ الإِنصافَ مَنْ هو طالبُهْ

    How far apart the two pledges are to a fair-minded man,

    When fairness is granted to the one who seeks it.

  23. فبيعةُ هذا أَحْكمَ الله عقدَها

    وبيعةُ ذاكُمْ فَلْتَةٌ قالَ صاحبُه

    God made the bond of allegiance to this man secure,

    While allegiance to that one was 'a rash act,' his companion said.

  24. فلا تدَعوا إجماعَ أمّةِ أَحْمدٍ

    فأكثرُ مِمّن شاهَد الأّمْرَ غائبُهْ

    So do not claim the consensus of Ahmad's community:

    Those absent outnumbered those who witnessed the affair.

  25. وقامَ ابنُ حرب بعدهم فَتَضَعَتْ

    قُوى الدّينِ وانهّدتْ لِذاكَ جوانبُهْ

    Then Ibn Harb rose after them, and low sank

    The strength of religion; at that its sides collapsed.

  26. فقادَ إلى حَرْب الوصيّ كتائباً

    ولم تُغْنيه عندَ النِّزالِ كتائبُهْ

    He led battalions to war against the legatee,

    Yet his battalions availed him nothing in battle.

  27. وما زالَ حتّى جرَّع الحسنَ الرَّدَى

    ودَبّتْ إليه بالسّمومِ عقاربُه

    He persisted until he made al-Hasan swallow death,

    And his scorpions crept toward him with poisons.

  28. وما أنْسَ لا أنْسَ الشّهيدَ بِكَرْبلاء

    وهَيهات إنّي ما حييتُ لَنَادِبُه

    Whatever I forget, I will not forget the martyr at Karbala;

    Far be it! As long as I live, I shall mourn him.

  29. سَبَوْا بَعْدَ قَتْلِ ابنِ النبيّ حريمَهُ

    وَمَا بَلِيتْ تَحتَ التّرابِ تَرائبُهْ

    After killing the Prophet's son, they took his women captive,

    Before his breastbones had decayed beneath the earth.

  30. وباتَ يزيدُ في سرورٍ ولَوْ دَرى

    بما قَدْ جَرَى قامَتْ عليهِ نوادبُهْ

    Yazid spent the night rejoicing; had he known

    What had happened, his mourning women would have risen over him.

  31. وحَسْبك من زَيدٍ فخاراً وسؤدداً

    تُزاحِمُ هامات النَجومِ مَناكبُهْ

    Zayd suffices you for pride and nobility;

    His shoulders jostle the crowns of the stars.

  32. مضَى في رجالٍ صَالحينَ تحكّمتْ

    عوالي هِشامٍ فيهمُ وقواضبُهْ

    He passed away among righteous men, over whom

    Hisham's spearheads and keen-edged swords held sway.

  33. ويحيَ بْن زيدٍ جلّلوهُ بقَسْطَلٍ

    مِن النّفع تَهْمِي بالمنونِ سحائبُهْ

    And Yahya ibn Zayd they shrouded in a pall

    Of dust [probable reading], whose clouds rained death.

  34. وصاحب فخّ صبّحْتهُ وقومَهْ

    عساكر موسى جَهْرةً وعصائبُهْ

    And the man of Fakhkh and his people were assailed at dawn

    Openly by Musa's armies and his bands.

  35. وكم قَتلُوا مِن آل أحمد سيّداً

    إماماً زَكتْ أعراقُهُ ومَناقبُهْ

    How many a lord of Ahmad's house they killed,

    An imam whose roots and virtues were pure!

  36. فَلِمْ لاَ تَمُورُ الأَرض حُزْناً وكَيْفَ لاَ

    من الفَلكِ الدوَّارِ تهوي كَواكبُهْ

    Why does the earth not quake with grief, and how can

    The wheeling firmament's stars not tumble down?

  37. وكلُّ مُصَابٍ نَألَ آلَ محمَّدٍ

    فَليسَ سوى يَوم السَّقيفةِ جالِبُهْ

    And every calamity that befell Muhammad's family

    Was brought by none but the day of Saqifah.

  38. أَيَبْطُلُ ذَحْلٌ والنبيُّ وليُّه

    ويُهْمَل وتْرٌ والمهَيْمنُ طالبه

    Can a blood-debt be annulled when the Prophet is its guardian,

    And a wrong be neglected when the All-Watchful seeks its redress?

  39. فَهذا اعْتِقادي ما حَييتُ ومَذْهبي

    إذا اضْطَرَبَتْ بالنّاصبيّ مذاهبُهْ

    This is my belief and my creed as long as I live,

    When the Nasibi's doctrines fall into confusion.